Freezing Steam Tunnel

Some small candles light one of the few surviving tunnels that once linked buildings on the campus with the steam plant. In winter, it was common for patients to be transported through these to avoid the cold, and during the Cold War these served as nuclear fallout shelters.

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How many buildings are in this pile of blocks? Not as many as there are piles, I can bet you.

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C’mon and grab your friends… we’ll go to very—rusty lands…

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Spots of yellow gravel mark gold mines with nothing left on the surface. Is this one of the drainage pipes?

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When the building switched souls from booze to bread, these contraptions were mounted across the brewhouse floors… they’re not for hops, either.